Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 114, Section 113: A Simple Task
Although it's only 0.1 Genesis Coins, it's better than nothing.

After packaging the sample items and selling them to the Keeper of the Secrets, Wang Ji looked troubled as he glanced at his Genesis Coin balance with the decimal point in front of it.

"Are you lacking the essence of the world?"

The keeper of the secrets seemed to have sensed something about Wang Ji's predicament.

Wang Ji nodded: "Indeed, this thing is useful to me."

Isn't this nonsense?

The keeper remained silent for a moment.

Genesis Coin, or rather, the origin of the world represented by Genesis Coin, is useful to everyone, and there is no realm without it.

but…

The Keeper of the Secrets looked at Wang Ji, then at his own relatively abundant Genesis Coin balance, and suddenly said, "Do me a job."

“After you finish this task, I can give you a Genesis Coin, which is a singularity of the world’s origin.”

Upon hearing what the keeper said, Wang Ji immediately perked up and asked, "What is it?"

"It's not difficult."

The keeper of the secret said, "It's just to deliver a message to an old friend for me, to run an errand."

Wang Ji asked with some suspicion, "Aren't there any hidden risks?"

Is it really possible to get a Genesis Coin just for running an errand or delivering a message?
I would have believed you if you had simply said it was a world currency.

This guy is probably hiding something.

"rest assured."

The keeper said calmly, "I wouldn't stoop so low as to cheat a freshman."

"This is a risky business. You'll die once after you deliver the message."

"That's the most crucial thing. After the message is delivered, you have to die once to avoid any mishaps."

To die once?
Wang Ji seemed to realize something and asked, "Is it about 'that'?"

That naturally refers to the end of cognition.

“No,” the keeper shook his head. “It’s someone else.”

"another?"

"Don't ask any more questions."

The Keeper of the Secrets cautioned, "If you can strictly follow my instructions, then there will be no risk involved, after all, you possess the properties of 'real death' and 'real resurrection'."

not simple.

Wang Ji immediately sensed that something was hidden behind this matter.

嗏

"Tell me the details first, and how you want me to do it."

Regardless of what's involved or what secrets lie behind it, we should at least hear the details first.

The Keeper of the Secrets said, "It's very simple. Just go to the Doomsday Zone and find an old friend of mine. He's also a Genesis-level being, codenamed 'Loser'."

Tell him, 'It's time to take your medicine.'

"When you talk about this, make sure there is no one else around, just you and him."

"After that, he'll know what to do. As for you, you must die once before you leave."

Wang Ji: "That's all?"

Guardian of the Secrets: "That's all."

It sounds mysterious, but it's actually really simple.

It's simpler than a day's translation job, but the pay is hundreds of millions more.

Wang Ji asked again, "You really haven't been hiding anything from me, have you?"

The keeper remained calm and explained, "Some things, as long as you don't say them, are risk-free."

“By speaking out, you yourself become a risk.”

"I think you are the person who should understand this better than me."

"Okay, I understand."

Wang Ji nodded and didn't ask any more questions. At this point, he had a certain understanding of the commission.

It seems that passing a message to the Genesis-level being codenamed 'Loser' is a very risky task, so risky that even the Keeper of the Secrets, a veteran Genesis-level being who looks like he's been around for a long time, is unwilling to do it directly.

Wang Ji certainly wouldn't believe it if you said they didn't have a means of real-time communication.

That leaves only one possibility.

There is something that can only be rid of through one's own death, which is why this task was entrusted to them.

In this case…

"I accept." Wang Ji agreed to the matter.

Having survived the cognitive apocalypse, why would I be afraid of these small fry outside?

"very good."

The keeper of the secret revealed a rare hint of admiration.

"If this is done well enough..."

Wang Ji asked with a hint of anticipation, "Could you give me a little more compensation?"

"Do not."

The keeper said earnestly, "You can gain some of my favor."

Wang Ji stopped moving.

"Does this work?"

"It works. Next time you sneak into the tower, you won't be thrown out."

"I will ask you to leave."

So what's the difference?

Wang Ji was speechless for a moment, and suddenly felt a little reluctant to stay in this tower.

He finally confirmed, "The 'loser' in the Doomsday Zone, right? I'm going to find him now."

Seeing the guard nod, Wang Ji turned to leave.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Before he left, the keeper suddenly called him back and said, "When you deliver the message, do not mention me."

"understood."

Wang Ji nodded, and after confirming that the keeper had nothing else to do, he left the tower.

"'Doomsday Zone,' huh..."

Outside the tower, Wang Ji pondered this title.

There are some records in the data center.

It is said to be a region ravaged by the apocalypse, and can be described as the front line of the battle between all realms and the apocalypse.

The apocalypse lurks in every world of the apocalypse zone. Every time it destroys a world, it moves on to find the next target and continues its destruction.

According to observations, the more apocalyptic events destroy a world and wipe out more living beings, the more powerful they become and the faster they spread.

Like a snowball rolling downhill, it may eventually become unstoppable.

The beings of the eighty million main worlds and countless derivative worlds would naturally not allow this situation to continue indefinitely. Therefore, they established a world isolation zone and formed a special organization to try to stall, study the apocalypse, and even find a fundamental solution.

This isolation zone, which is intertwined with the apocalypse, is called the 'Doomsday Zone'.

It is said that in the Doomsday Zone, more than half of the world is suffering from apocalyptic devastation.

And the extent of the doomsday zone…

Wang Ji pulled up the data and looked at it again with some uncertainty.

"It contains nearly ten million main worlds."

As for derivative worlds, they are countless.

hiss--

Wang Ji abandoned his dismissive attitude towards the impending doom and adopted a more serious demeanor.

Millions of the main worlds, which is one-eighth of the existing world, are on the verge of collapse.

Before this, Wang Ji had considered that the outside world also faced the risk of doomsday, but he did not expect it to be this serious.

Just imagine, with the front lines in such a state, what if the "cognitive apocalypse" scenario is then unleashed later?

Then nobody should live anymore.

At this moment, Wang Ji suddenly remembered a secret that Number Nine had mentioned.

It is said that before the apocalypse, the number of the main worlds exceeded trillions.

Compared to this number, 80 million is simply insignificant.

But it's just an unverified rumor.

Wang Ji stopped thinking about these things and went straight to the market after leaving the tower, starting preparations for going out.

The keeper of the secret gave a generous deadline: the message only needed to be delivered within thirty UTC days.

It only takes fifteen days to travel from the administrative world to the doomsday zone in the fastest shuttle.

As for the Genesis-level individual codenamed "Loser," he holds the highest-ranking position of Inspector at Command Center Five in the Doomsday Zone.

It's easy to find; you can directly schedule a meeting with him using your Genesis-level identity verification.

(End of this chapter)